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Outdoor Activities ...

As we travel, we like to pursue some of our interests (such as astronomy and bird watching).

When in Stonecrest, we use the following websites to find information relevant to Stonecrest and the surrounding area.

  • Weather ...
  • Astronomy & Satellites ...
    • Whether using binoculars, a small telescope or the naked-eye, the Heavens-Above website can help you to find your way around the night-time sky. In addition to detailed sky charts, their website will help you find planets, asteriods, comets, satellites and their tracks across the sky.
    • To give accurate results, Heavens-Above requires the latitude and longitude of your location. As a starting point, when we link to Heavens-Above, we pass this GPS location for Stonecrest:
    • 33.703896, -84.130745
    • Once you're on the Heavens-Above website, you can improve its accuracy by giving a more precise longitude and latitude as your actual position.
    • Open the Heavens-Above website centered on Stonecrest
  • Bird Watching ...
    • We enjoy finding new spots for bird watching and we use the eBird website for local sighting reports and to help identify hotspots.
    • The eBird website is organized on a county-by-county basis. We have selected DeKalb County as the starting point when you click on the link below:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for DeKalb County
    • Since Stonecrest is near Rockdale County and also Henry County, we have provided a link to their eBird sighting reports:
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Rockdale County
    • Open the eBird sighting report for Henry County
  • Waymarking ...
    • Looking for somewhere out of the ordinary? Find a unique place and want to share it with others? Then it's time to visit Waymarking.com:
    • Open the Waymark.com report for Stonecrest

Communities Also Named Stonecrest ...

We found one communities that are also named Stonecrest.

Within Georgia, the name Stonecrest is unique.

Beyond Georgia, there is another community also named Stonecrest in the United States.

  • Communities Elsewhere In North America ...
    • Maryland
      • Howard County
      • We found mention of this community, but have little information.<1> For the information that we do have, please visit our profile page for the Maryland community of Stonecrest [Howard County].

Curious and Interesting Names Near Stonecrest ...

As we travel, we always see a community with a name that gives pause. While there are names which are interesting or familiar, some catch our attention or strike our fancy. We always wonder about such a name. If time permits and the community is not too far, we'll usually try to make a side-trip.

  • Bermuda
    (5 miles [8 km] to the north)
  • Bramblewood
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southwest)
    • Bramblewood is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Bramblewood
  • Chapel Hill
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Chapel Hill is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Hill
  • Chapel Mill
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Chapel Mill is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Chapel Mill
  • Glen Haven
    (5 miles [8 km] to the northwest)
    • Glen Haven is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Glen Haven
  • Hidden Hills
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northwest)
    • Hidden Hills is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Hidden Hills
  • Kings Ridge
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
    • Kings Ridge is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Ridge
  • Kings Row
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Kings Row is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Kings Row
  • Leisure Woods
    (5 miles [8 km] to the west)
    • Leisure Woods is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Leisure Woods
  • Miners Creek
    (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
    • Miners Creek is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Miners Creek
  • Orleans ‑ Historic
    (5 miles [8 km] to the southeast)
    • Orleans is located in Rockdale County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Orleans
  • Pine Mountain
    (2 miles [3.2 km] to the southeast)
    • Pine Mountain is located in DeKalb County
    • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Pine Mountain
    • Estimated population in 2019: 1,417 people
  • Continue List   (6 more) ...
    • Raiders Ridge
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the southwest)
      • Raiders Ridge is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Raiders Ridge
    • Rock Chapel
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the northeast)
      • Rock Chapel is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Rock Chapel
    • Snapfinger
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Snapfinger is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Snapfinger
    • Swift Creek
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the north)
      • Swift Creek is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Swift Creek
    • Willowcreek
      (4 miles [6.4 km] to the west)
      • Willowcreek is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Willowcreek
    • Woodstream
      (3 miles [4.8 km] to the southwest)
      • Woodstream is located in DeKalb County
      • Jump to our Gazetteer entry for Woodstream

How Far From Stonecrest to ...

We spend a lot of time looking through Gazetteers that were published in the late 1800's and early 1900's. Many of the Gazetteers include the distance from a city such as Stonecrest to various places of note, such as the White House.

With a nod to our favorite Gazetteers, the straight-line distance<2> beginning in Stonecrest and extending to:

  • Decatur, which is the Seat of DeKalb County, lies 10 miles [16.1 km]<2> to the west northwest. If you could walk a straight line from Stonecrest to Decatur, with an average speed<3> of 2.2 miles [3.5 km] per hour, it would take four to five hours to make the trip. A horse and buggy averaging 3.2 miles [5.1 km] per hour would take a little over three hours.
  • Atlanta, which is the State Capital of Georgia, lies 15 miles [24.1 km] to the west northwest (WNW). The buggy would take four to five hours and walking would take most of a day.
  • The White House (Washington, DC) is 533 miles [857.8 km] to the northeast (NE). Driving, with an average speed of 63 miles [101.4 km] per hour, would take just over a day, a buggy would take 21 days and walking would take 31 days.
  • The shortest distance<4> to Jerusalem (specifically the Temple Mount and the Dome of the Rock) is 6,430 miles [10,348.1 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<5>
  • The distance to the Great Mosque of Mecca (specifically the Ka'bah - or Kaaba ) is 7,132 miles [11,477.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<6>
  • The distance to Saint Peter's Basilica (The Vatican) is 5,010 miles [8,062.8 km] and it lies to the northeast (NE).<7>'

Footnotes ...

<1>If we encounter the name of what might be a community, our methodology is to add that name to our Gazetteer as a placeholder. As we find more information about that community, it will be added to our Gazetteer.

Just as a reminder: Our definition of a community is rather broad and includes those places (or areas) where several families lived and had a name which identified that place. For example, you might hear somebody say that they are going over to Mile's to see Pete ... Mile's is just a gas station and a couple of homes at the crossroads. While it might not be on the map, everybody in the area knows it by that name.

Places of interest include buildings at a crossroad, several families clustered in a hollow or maybe the location of a way station. It also includes places like mines, lumber camps, ferry crossings, etc. The community might still exist, is now gone or only existed for just a short period of time.

Also keep in mind that Stonecrest could have been on the original document by mistake, misspelled, the original/alternate name of a community that we've listed elsewhere or was placed in the wrong county. Sometimes a post office or train station would have a different name than the community where it's located, so two names might be referring to the same community - we're working to straighten it all out.
<2>Our distances are not driving distances, but are calculated as a 'straight-line' (or point-to-point) distance. A straight line distance ignores things like rivers, canyons, lakes, et cetera - it's truly a line from Point A (ie- Stonecrest) to Point B. In other words: 'As the crow flies'.
<3>While we have tried to pick reasonable speeds, the rate of travel is very theoretical - obstacles like fences, hills, lakes, river crossings and rest stops have been ignored. When we say 'Days' of travel, we're assuming 8 hours of travel per day.
<4>The shortest line can be visualized by stretching a string on a Globe from Point A to Point B - this is known as a Great Circle Route. Where you might expect the shortest route from Stonecrest to the Middle East to be East and South, the Great Circle Route actually lies to the North and East.Our distance measurements begin at a specific point in Stonecrest. The point we use is located at these GPS coordinates - Latitude: 33.7039, Longitude: -84.1307    
<5>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Jerusalem is 312.101 degrees.
<6>The calculated bearing (or angle) to Mecca is 307.495 degrees.
<7>The calculated bearing (or angle) to the Vatican is 309.197 degrees.